The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-28
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE BAERMANN RECITAL

THE BAERMANN RECITAL.
Park street church held an audience of
over five-hundred ladies and gentlemen Sat
urday evening, who had assembled to listen
to piano recital at the hands of Prof. Carl
| Baermann, who, ia the estimation of many
critics, takes rank with Rubenstein and
Won Bulow. The platform was provided
with handsome pOrtieres of red cloth which
made rich background for the player, and
grouped around him were ported plants
whose vivid and sober greens contrasted
| prettily with the rich color in the rear. The
chandeliers and gas brackets about the
church were festooned with evergreen.
1t is unnecessary to such an audience that
gathered Saturday evening, to go into an
elaborate discussion of the merits of Prof
Baermann. The points that stood out with
the greatest distinctiveness in his playing
was the remarkable intelligence of his read
ing Of the different composers wo rks, the
clearness with which his theme was always
| presented admidst the elaboration and yari-
| ations, the delicacy and firmness of his touch
which was patent to all in his wonderful
dtnainuendoeS, the beauty of his tone, and
his marvellous trills.
As one critic has truly said, Beethoven
was played with a nobleness and majesty
that, while it satisfied the most exacting was
equally pleasing to the less cultivated. Prof.
Baermann was most warmly applauded. At
the close of the concert he was rendered q
reception at the residence of Mrs. e. b.
Dennison on Deering street where many of
our musical people gathered to welcome him
to Portland.
BENNETT AND MoULToN.
The company closed their engagement at
Portland Theatre with crowded houses
Saturday afternoon and evening. 'Fatanit-
"a was well given in the afternoon and
"Olivette" in the evening. The cast for
"Olvette" was as follows:
Captain de Merrimac ......... Mr. Gilbert Clayton
Valentine .........'.'..'.'.....M Roger Harding
Duo Des ln.....-..........M Mr.. Arthur Z. Miller
S0quencot. '''..'''..'.''.....::... Mr. Ben Lodge
Mathilde. ...................Mi Miss Kittie Marceus
veloutine. .....................:Mi Miss Emile Walt
MousIque. .....................MiSS Lulu Nichols
MEMORIES OF THE WAR.
The cantata by the above name will be
presented at City Hall, May Day, under the
auspices of BosworthRelief Corps. The lead
ing character in the cantata will be taken by
Miss Annie E. Hyer, and Gen. Tom Thumb,
Sd, and wife will be present at each enter
tainment. There will be 125 in the
chorus.
The "Chimes" will be given by the ANA
teurs at the threatre April 10Th. The follow
ing will be the cast:
SerpOlette. Miss Berry
NefindlHe MISS WOOD
llcuIl' ManSnelu
GrenecneuA. MI barnard
UdSpdfu' MI dennis
ban. Mr.. WaterhouSe
Notary......-... ...Mr. Talbot |
w.B. A. CONCERT.
The w. b. A. concert to be given at Y. M. |
c. A. Hall Wednesday evening will be an |
enjoyable occurrence. The Ladies Orches |
ira, Mrs. l.. A. Goudy, Mr.. Harry f. Merrill |
and Miss Helen M. Foster, elocutionist, will |
take part and should be greeted by a large |
audience
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, March |
Goth and 3Oth, the play of siberia" will be
produced at Portland Theatre. The COM
pany presenting the piece here will be the
same that has played all the week in Boston,
where the total performances of "Siberia"
reached the number of l,12S. The Herald
says: 'The drama was well received and |
well played. and at times the audience was |
aroused to state of great enthusiasm"
The Journal says 1.-The striking scenes of |
Siberia" were well presented, and frequent